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dark irroration, the terminal art-a striated with blackish ; tliree 

 indistinct double sinuous lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line 

 douhk', l)lack, tlie inner line sinuous, the outer arising at vein G, 

 minutely waved and slighth' bent inwards at vein 5, an oblique dark 

 shade beyond it from apex followed by a slight sinuous greenish 



Fig, on. — Zale lunata, c?. 



grev line. Underside grey tinged and striated witli brown ; fore 

 wing with minute blackish s])ots in middle of cell and on dis- 

 cocellulars and faint postmedial and subterminal lines ; hind wing 

 with minute black discoidal spot and faint medial, postmedial, 

 and subterminal lines. 



Ab. 1. saundersi. Wings variegated with reddish ochreous. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused ochreous white band beyond the 

 jx)stmedial line except on cosfcil area. 



Ab. 3. cchisa. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with 

 violaceous white except at apex and middle ; hind wing with the 

 terminal area suffused with violaceous white except towards apex. 



Hab. Caxada, Ontario, Kingsville {Hills), 1 J , 4 $ ; U.S.A., 

 East of Kocky Mts., 7 d, ?, New York (Fiichs), 1 6, Evans 

 Center (Grofe), 1 (S , Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 

 1 $ , Texas ; MEXICO, Oaxaca (Salle), 1 S tvpe marqinnlis, 

 Jalapa (Tnijillo), 1 6,2 $, Mexico City (Hoege), 1 $, Vem 

 Cruz, Cordova (Eiimeli), 1 d , 1 $ , Atoyac (Schumann), 1 $ ; 

 Guatemala, Zapote (Champion), 1 2 ; Panama, Chiri(pn 

 (Champion), 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Bahamas, Abaco 

 (Bonhote), 1 $ ; Grenada (//. H. Smith), 2 $ ; Argextixa 

 (O. Thomas), 3 ?, Pioja (Giacomelli), 1 ?. -E'.r^. 48-60 

 millim. 



